German Banking Company - Alexandria, VA

Episode Information

Episode UID: 4050692290911
Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: trust
Bank ID: 405069229 hash
Start Date: November 25, 1875
Location: Alexandria, Virginia (38.818, -77.082)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: e1f9c344cf8b483b

Response Measures

None

Description

Article refers to the bank as German Bank in a one-day Thanksgiving closure.

Events (1)

1. November 25, 1875 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Observed suspension of business for the national Thanksgiving day (one-day holiday).
Newspaper Excerpt: To-morrow will be a national thanksgiving day. It will be observed in this city by a suspension of business in the 1st National, Citizens' National, German Bank, and Savings Bank.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 24, 1875 Alexandria Gazette Alexandria, VA

Article from Alexandria Gazette, November 24, 1875

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Article Text

THANKSGIVING DAY.-To-morrow will be a national thanksgiving day. It will be observed in this city by a suspension of business in the 1st National, Citizens' National, German Bank, and Savings Bank. also in the Cus tom House, Internal Revenue office, and Corn Exchange. and by the observance of Sunday hours in the Postoffice. Rev. Dr. Bullock will preach a thanksgiving sermon in the Union Presbyterian Church, and the 2nd Presbyterian and the 1st Baptist congregations will unite in a thauksgiving service in the Baptist Church at 11 a. m.